1979 Mestaruussarja

1979 Mestaruussarja

Statistics of Mestaruussarja in the 1979 season.

Contents

Overview

Preliminary Stage is performed in 12 teams, and higher 8 teams go into Championship Group. Lower 4 teams fought in Promotion/Relegation Group with higher 4 teams of Ykkönen.

OPS Oulu won the championship.

Preliminary stage

Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 OPS Oulu 22 11 10 1 39 15 32
2 KuPS Kuopio 22 12 5 5 38 25 29
3 HJK Helsinki 22 10 7 5 34 24 27
4 Reipas Lahti 22 10 5 7 33 36 25
5 KPT Kuopio 22 10 4 8 31 23 24
6 TPS Turku 22 9 5 8 36 27 23
7 Haka Valkeakoski 22 9 4 9 48 42 22
8 KTP Kotka 22 8 4 10 27 44 20
9 KPV Kokkola 22 5 7 10 25 27 17
10 Ilves Tampere 22 6 4 12 31 41 16
11 Pyrkivä Turku 22 5 6 11 17 31 16
12 MiPK Mikkeli 22 4 5 13 23 47 13

Championship group

Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 OPS Oulu 29 15 11 3 53 25 41
2 KuPS Kuopio 29 17 6 6 58 33 40
3 HJK Helsinki 29 14 7 8 48 36 35
4 KPT Kuopio 29 13 7 9 47 33 33
5 Reipas Lahti 29 12 8 9 46 49 32
6 Haka Valkeakoski 29 11 7 11 58 52 29
7 TPS Turku 29 9 8 12 46 43 26
8 KTP Kotka 29 9 4 16 33 68 22

Promotion/Relegation Group

Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 Ilves Tampere 7 4 3 0 16 5 14(3)
2 OTP Oulu 7 5 0 2 18 11 13(3)
3 KPV Kokkola 7 2 3 2 9 11 11(4)
4 Sepsi-78 7 2 4 1 8 5 10(2)
5 Pyrkivä Turku 7 2 3 2 9 8 9(2)
6 MP Mikkeli 7 2 0 5 7 11 8(4)
7 MiPK Mikkeli 7 2 2 3 7 14 7(1)
8 GrIFK Kauniainen 7 1 1 5 11 20 4(1)

The teams obtained bonus points on the basis of their preliminary stage position. Those points are given in parentheses.

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